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First stages of planning
... s why this year I'd decided to "test the water" a bit by travelling alone to Chiang Mai, Thailand for two weeks in November 2012. Everyday I'd talk to people about their travelling experiences and get some advice from them. I don't know if I was surprised or not, or maybe I was not expecting it, but people are so willing to help a fellow traveller out. Even though I wasn't travelling anywhere myself.
So far ...
Leaving soon...
... in a large spacious apartment...room for many guests.
Of course we've learned that buying property here is a bit more complicated than our real estate transactions in Sweden. You may have read my NIE entry a few days ago. Last Friday we spent an hour working with a Notary to make sure some of the legal details can happen even if we're ...
And now we have an N.I.E.
... e.g. including the NIE Number on the "tarjeta de residencia" - residence card).And so....since we are negotiating to buy some property here it made sense to take care of this technicality before we returned to the U.S. next week.
As we soon learned, the process is simple and complicated at the same time! We needed to arrive at the government offices very early, before 8 a.m. and queue with dozens of others ...
A city with lots of Palm Trees
... which forms a belt around part of the old central city. Impressive, even to Floridians like us.
We climbed to the top of the Basilica of Santa Maria de Elche, the site of the annual pageant honoring the assumption of the Virgin Mary. The drama dates back to the 15th century and is performed each August in the church. The view from the bell tower ...
Christmas time is here!
Today was a great day. It started out as normal, me doing school work. Then I went into town and met with a couple friends. Olivia lives in an apartment and she bought Christmas decorations! It was so fun and we had a great time. On my way to class I walked past the mercado, which was all light up! It is so beautiful! ...